1873  American bandleader Patrick Gilmore (1829-1892) uses the saxophone in
military bands for the first time in New York City

1875
 Goumas--patents saxophone
with fingering system similar to the Boehm system, already in use
for flute and clarinet.

Adolphe Sax Bass Saxophone, 1876

1879  Georges Bizet use the
saxophone in his L'Arlesienne Suites No. 1&2

1881 Sax extends his original patent and lengthens bell to include low Bb and A.
He also extends the range
upwardto F# and
G, with the use of
a fourth octave key

1885
 The
first saxophone is built in
the U.S. by Gus Buescher. Other
early makers include Holton, Martin, and White.

1886
 Association Des Ouvriersdevises
right hand C trill key, and a half-tone system for first fingers of left and
right hands.

1887  Association Des Ouvriersinvents tuning ring, and
the precursor of
an articulated G# key. Evette and Schaefferimprove on articulated G# key so that Gkey can be held down while any finger of the right hand is being used
They also
improved the forked F#.

1888  Lecomteinvents the single octave key,
and rollers for low Eb-C

1890  The first known recordings of the saxophone.

1894
 Adolphe
Sax dies.

1916
 Charles Ives writes
a saxophone part in Symphony No. 4.

1917
 Benjamin Vereecken's Foundation of Saxophone Playingis published by Carl Fischer. It is still in
print.

1920  Saxophones sells extremely well, soon to be the major jazz woodwind,
although the clarinet would still be more prominent through the dixieland
and swing
eras. School bands begin to form, using saxophones.

1922  The Selmer Model 22 is
introduced, using a forged key mechanism.

Selmer model 22

1926 
Selmer makes
the Model
26, known as the "Pea Shooter" due to the small bore.